Bishop Fraser, however, remains a celebrated figure in the Canadian Gaelic Bardic poetry composed in his Diocese and is still remembered as a legendary strongman in both his native district of Scotland and in Nova Scotia.
To the outrage of the local population, Fr Fraser, who was thought to be a "foreign youth", won all the honours in heavy events, including the stone put and the hammer throw.
In this wide apostolate, Fraser's duties included overseeing the semi-underground Lismore Seminary[5][6] and helping to organize what is now St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church in Fort William.
[8] Even while working at Lismore seminary, Fr Fraser desired to become a missionary among his fellow Gaels who had emigrated to Nova Scotia, but he only received the necessary permission in 1822.
Upon his arrival in Canada, Bishop Angus Bernard MacEachern introduced Fr Fraser to the Canadian Gaelic-speaking pioneer communities of Cape Breton Island and Antigonish County.